Mubi to Release Sundance Winner 'Nuisance Bear' in Theaters

Mubi will give a theatrical release to Nuisance Bear, the documentary that won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2026, according to Variety. The run begins in Los Angeles on Nov. 6, with openings in New York, Canada and the U.K. set for Dec. 4.

The film is directed and shot by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden. It also won the Werner Herzog Film Award 2026 and holds five nominations at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards.

Separately, Proof Inc. has opened its first New York studio and named filmmaker Ari Aster's next feature as its inaugural project.

Festival screenings in Los Angeles

Wild Horse Nine will screen in 35mm at The Alex Theater in Glendale on Nov. 5 and Nov. 12, ahead of a nationwide opening on Nov. 6. The Martin McDonagh film is set in 1973 and follows two CIA officers dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island shortly before the Chilean military coup that overthrew Salvador Allende.

Quentin Tarantino will attend AFI Fest 2026 on Friday, Oct. 23 for a conversation and a special screening of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The 40th annual festival runs Oct. 21 to 25, screening more than 150 films at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, opening with the U.S. premiere of Wildwood and closing with Being Heumann.

Betsy Newman's Anarchy in High Heels: The Story of Les Nickelettes, a documentary about the women's theater troupe that emerged in San Francisco in the 1970s and '80s, screens Oct. 25 as part of the 22nd annual LA Femme International Film Festival.